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Old 06-17-2013, 04:28 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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If many cities around the USA decided to put a lot of their hospitals in one district, TMC wouldn't be the largest.
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True. It's yet another example of HTown's "all eggs in one basket" mantra/chant. All the hospitals are in one area. If you live 30-40 miles away, you're out of luck. Get in the car and drive. Most of the good restaurants, shopping, and clubs are concentrated in one area, within a tiny loop. If you don't live in the vaunted loop, you're out of luck. Hop in the car and get on the road. Good luck getting a parking spot! Even the museums are concentrated in one district. Again, hop in the car and drive if you aren't lucky enough to live inside the loop.

Everything is geared around one place--the suburbs, for the most part, are bedroom communities, with nowhere near the amenities of the main city.

And if a powerful hurricane comes along, the entire medical district is paralyzed with flooding, ruining years of research work, computer equipment, records and tissue samples. Thousands of lab animals perish. Hundreds of patients have to be evacuated. Frankly I don't see the advantage of having everything in one place.

1,000-Year Flood Paralyzes Texas Medical Center | Contractor content from Electrical Construction & Maintenance (EC&M) Magazine

And these so-called "100-year-" and "1,000-year-storms" seem to be coming along a lot more often than every 100 and 1,000 years.
Hahaha, you and Dallaz have no clue what you are talking about. There are medical centers in every single suburbs of Houston. Even more than dfw suburban hospitals in my opinion, because you have memorial Hermann, Methodist, st. luke, and other systems that build in every suburb. And they all seen to feed off their main campuses at the TMC (which has more schools that full service hospitals anyway). It's actually quite laughable that you guys would actually think Houston places all the hospitals in one spot. Do some research please.....seriously.
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Old 06-17-2013, 04:36 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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Hahaha, you and Dallaz have no clue what you are talking about. There are medical centers in every single suburbs of Houston. Even more than dfw suburban hospitals in my opinion, because you have memorial Hermann, Methodist, st. luke, and other systems that build in every suburb. And they all seen to feed off their main campuses at the TMC (which has more schools that full service hospitals anyway). It's actually quite laughable that you guys would actually think Houston places all the hospitals in one spot. Do some research please.....seriously.
Bro, I know that! I'm saying the majority of them are in TMC. You actually thought I meant that literally?!? :-|
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Old 06-17-2013, 04:48 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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Bro, I know that! I'm saying the majority of them are in TMC. You actually thought I meant that literally?!? :-|
But the majority of them aren't. You're still wrong....bro.

And yes, you were being literal here: //www.city-data.com/forum/30060104-post86.html
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Old 06-17-2013, 04:56 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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But the majority of them aren't. You're still wrong....bro.

And yes, you were being literal here: //www.city-data.com/forum/30060104-post86.html
Honestly, I wasn't. So, if the majority of them aren't, then what's the point of having a huge medical center complex?
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Old 06-17-2013, 05:10 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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Honestly, I wasn't. So, if the majority of them aren't, then what's the point of having a huge medical center complex?
Sounded like you were until proven wrong, but I'll take your word for it. Go research and find out some info about the TMC. It's way more than just hospitals.

Texas Medical Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 06-17-2013, 05:29 PM
 
Location: Dallas,Texas
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Sounded like you were until proven wrong, but I'll take your word for it. Go research and find out some info about the TMC. It's way more than just hospitals.

Texas Medical Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I looked up everything about TMC already. I even went to google maps and studied the area.

TMC is impressive but the complex must serve the whole region, due to its large size.
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Old 06-17-2013, 08:32 PM
 
Location: Austin/Houston
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To say that TMC is to serve all of the Houston area, is like saying Northpark Mall serves as the only mall for the entire DFW region. Yes it's the largest mall, but there are many others around the entire area.
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Old 06-17-2013, 08:41 PM
 
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Man, this isn't that hard. Houston definitely wins on the issue of medical care. First heart transplant, #1 cancer destination, largest medical district in the world.

With that said, Dallas is no slouch in the medical world. Parkland is a very renowned and respected trauma and burn center. Scottish Rite/Children's Medical Center is highly respected.

You're going to get top notch care anywhere in Houston or DFW, but Houston has the edge.
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Old 06-17-2013, 10:36 PM
 
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Simmons at UTSW is not as respected as M.D Anderson but it is highly regarded for cancer. Dallas has some new specialty hospitals popping up along NCX-75 along with some other well regarded hospitals like presbyterian and baylor...But this one goes to Houston.
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Old 06-18-2013, 07:57 PM
 
Location: plano
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Man, this isn't that hard. Houston definitely wins on the issue of medical care. First heart transplant, #1 cancer destination, largest medical district in the world.

With that said, Dallas is no slouch in the medical world. Parkland is a very renowned and respected trauma and burn center. Scottish Rite/Children's Medical Center is highly respected.

You're going to get top notch care anywhere in Houston or DFW, but Houston has the edge.
Thanks for a post that might help someone looking for answers on this topic. My spouse has two chronic diseases, we lived in Houston for 30 plus years and now live in W. Plano. Houston's depth of medical talent is large and a leader in many specialities. It is hands down larger and better than what I have found in my 3 years in Dallas area. That said, Dallas has some great medical facilities and MD's. My spouse spent a few days in Baylor Plano, the nurses and facilities blow Methodist in TMC away. We had an incredible Internal Medicine MD to care for most of my wife's conditions and worried how we could find someone in dfw area to replace him. We have at DT Baylor area here in Dallas. Baylor Rehab in Frisco is also outstanding in all respects. FYI, Baylor Plano has a surgeon considered a national recognized expert in scoliosis surgery.

In summary both are great for medical care but Houston wins because of the scale and international recognition.
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